Bamu language
Bamu, or Bamu Kiwai, is a Papuan language of southern Papua New Guinea.
| Bamu | |
|---|---|
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Bamu River |
Native speakers | 5,400; 6,300 with Gama (2000 census)[1] |
Kiwaian
| |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | bcf (with Gama) |
| Glottolog | bamu1257 |
A thousand speakers of Gama are included in the ISO code for Bamu. However, Ethnologue notes that lexical similarity is below 80% with the most similar dialect of Bamu proper.
Dialects
Dialects are:[2]
- Gama
- Lower Bamu
- Sisiame (8.104866°S 143.570587°E)[3]
- Upper Bamu (Middle Bamu)
- Nuhiro
References
- Bamu at Ethnologue (18th ed., 2015)
- Eberhard, David M.; Simons, Gary F.; Fennig, Charles D., eds. (2019). "Papua New Guinea languages". Ethnologue: Languages of the World (22nd ed.). Dallas: SIL International.
- United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
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